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<blockquote data-quote="pickup" data-source="post: 1613253">Ok, it wasn&#039;t adverse driving conditions or emergency conditions that was the reasoning for the allowing of this driver to work and drive past his fourteen hour clock.&nbsp; It was this provision of the hours of service rules:2.&nbsp; 16-Hour Exception<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 16-hour exception is designed to be used for 1-day work schedules, where the driver begins and ends at the same terminal</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Drive time may not exceed 11 hours</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The driver may not use both the 16 hour exception and the Adverse <a href="http://freight.about.com/od/Resources/tp/OneWayPricing.htm" target="_blank">Driving</a> Conditions exception together</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you layover on any day the 16-hour exception is no longer available to use, including on the day you layover</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once you have used the 16-hour exception, you may not use it again until you have had a 34-hour reset</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">You may not drive past the 16th hour coming on-duty</li>
</ul>So it even if the driver had an accident, he would have been okay in terms of not violating the hours of service rules.So not an ideal situation for the driver that posted the story of his seven hour wait for the load, but not an illegal one either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pickup, post: 1613253"] Ok, it wasn't adverse driving conditions or emergency conditions that was the reasoning for the allowing of this driver to work and drive past his fourteen hour clock. It was this provision of the hours of service rules: [SIZE=4][B]2. 16-Hour Exception[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]The 16-hour exception is designed to be used for 1-day work schedules, where the driver begins and ends at the same terminal [*]Drive time may not exceed 11 hours [*]The driver may not use both the 16 hour exception and the Adverse [URL='http://freight.about.com/od/Resources/tp/OneWayPricing.htm']Driving[/URL] Conditions exception together [*]If you layover on any day the 16-hour exception is no longer available to use, including on the day you layover [*]Once you have used the 16-hour exception, you may not use it again until you have had a 34-hour reset [*]You may not drive past the 16th hour coming on-duty [/LIST] So it even if the driver had an accident, he would have been okay in terms of not violating the hours of service rules. So not an ideal situation for the driver that posted the story of his seven hour wait for the load, but not an illegal one either. [/QUOTE]

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